Method and system for simulating a robotic program of an industrial robot

A method for simulating, by a data processing system, a robotic program of an industrial robot, the method comprising the following steps:

• a) receiving inputs of a robotic program of a robot;
• b) representing the robotic program of the robot with a neutral representation modeled with a neutral language;
• c) mapping specific code portions of the robotic program in the neutral representation with corresponding specific code portions of a native representation modeled with a native language of the robot, wherein the mapping of step c) is implemented by inserting tags in the native code and/or by using a caching table;
• d) playing a simulation of the robot program in one of the neutral representation and of the native representation;
• e) synchronizing corresponding code portions of the neutral representation and of the native representation of the robotic program via the mapping of step c);
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• while playing the simulation, showing on a display, a portion of the code of the neutral representation currently being simulated and showing on the display, a portion of the code of the native representation currently being simulated, wherein the portion of the code of the neutral representation currently being simulated and the portion of the code of the native representation currently being simulated are synchronized with each other.

A method for simulating, by a data processing system, a robotic program of an industrial robot, the method comprising the following steps:

• a) receiving inputs of a robotic program of a robot;
• b) representing the robotic program of the robot with a neutral representation modeled with a neutral language;
• c) mapping specific code portions of the robotic program in the neutral representation with corresponding specific code portions of a native representation modeled with a native language of the robot, wherein the mapping of step c) is implemented by inserting tags in the native code and/or by using a caching table;
• d) playing a simulation of the robot program in one of the neutral representation and of the native representation;
• e) synchronizing corresponding code portions of the neutral representation and of the native representation of the robotic program via the mapping of step c);
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• while playing the simulation, highlighting on a display, a portion of the code of the neutral representation currently being simulated and, highlighting on the display, a portion of the code of the native representation currently being simulated, wherein the portion of the code of the neutral representation currently being simulated and the portion of the code of the native representation currently being simulated are synchronized with each other.